Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 740 › Conversation 740-005
Nixon with unidentified visitors in the Oval Office on telecommunications
Thursday, June 22, 1972 · 4:35 PM ET · Oval Office
AI Summary
President Nixon consulted with the White House operator to facilitate an outgoing call. This brief interaction served as a logistical bridge to connect the President with another party. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions occurred during this brief exchange.
Audio
Audio for this conversation has not been released by the National Archives.
Transcript (AI-generated)
No transcript is available because the audio has not been released.
NARA Description
On June 22, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 740-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 740-5 Date: June 22, 1972 Time: 4:35 pm. Location: Oval Office The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 25-124]
Also recorded on June 22, 1972
- 740-004 4:06 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, John Cardinal Krol, John Gurash, Charles W. Colson, Henry C. Cashen, II, and Stephen B. Bull met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:06 pm to 4:35 pm.
- 025-124 4:35 PM · 9 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-125 4:35 PM · 4 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 4:35 pm.
- 025-126 4:35 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Tricia Nixon Cox talked on the telephone from 4:35 pm to 4:36 pm.
- 740-006 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House at 4:35 pm.
- 740-007 4:35 PM — President Richard M. Nixon, H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, Tricia Nixon Cox, Stephen B. Bull, White House operator, Ronald L. Ziegler, Charles W. Colson, Richard J. Daley, and Alexander P. Butterfield met in the Oval Office of the White House from 4:35 pm to 5:20 pm.
- 025-127 5:02 PM · 25 sec — H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 5:02 pm and 5:04 pm.
- 025-128 5:05 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Richard J. Daley talked on the telephone from 5:05 pm to 5:07 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 740-005, June 22, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/740-005 (accessed September 30, 2026).